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As omicron is taking over most of this country, no doubt you've been told to upgrade your mask. here with us is msnbc medical contributor and critical car -- critical care pulmonologist dr. vin gupta. doctor, i want to get down to what works and what doesn't. "the wall street journal" had a helpful grid that talked about masks. if you're out and you're going to go buy a mask, which one should you buy? >> katy, good afternoon, great to see you. i have demos here to help folks understand what we're now talking about. we're talking about a better mask. cloth masks we were talking about for the fi...

Federal pay ending a two-year wage freeze imposed in 2010. the proposal could touch off another showdown with congress where republicans want to extend the pay freeze through next year. drum roll, please, it's time for our "office politics" segment. this week i talk to my boss, msnbc president phil griffin. he's a fan. >> "office politics" is a hit. i love it. >> yeah. >> it's a franchise. i love franchises that make you stay tuned or tune in. this is one of them. so, congratulations. >> well, thank you so much. we're going to kick off the year with you. here's my question, speaking of the y...

>> reporter: the economy. obviously we've got the jobless numbers yesterday which were a surprise than most people expected, unemployment rate going down to 8.5%. governor romney took the president to task for that. that's the biggest issue here. one thing that we're seeing that we didn't necessarily see in iowa is the number of undecided voters is much smaller in the msnbc marist poll, it's about 6 or 7%. everyone has pretty much made up their minds here. mitt romney enjoys a sizeable lead in the polls. >> ron mott, thank you for that. the consumer financial protection bureau, angered repub...

If we can look around the corner and figure it out and be right, then we win. and that's what it's about. don't be flat-footed. don't be back on your heels. i really believe this. in another way -- i'll give you another analogy. i look at our competitors and i see one as sort of this -- this sort of gray area. and another that's sort of black and white. i want to be blossoming colors. i want to be in full color. that's what -- i want to be full of ideas. full of information. full of just -- you come to us and you know it's wild and it's interesting and it's -- you know, you're going to learn s...

Msnbc's "hardball" over negative ads that aired in iowa. >> his grandchildren, he ought to win a campaign showing his grandchildren. what do you think about somebody being beaten up like this on television? we should run campaigns worthy of our best, not campaigns that demean us to our worst. >> all of the candidates except rick perry will be covering dmir. they have events planned today until tomorrow night's debates. ron, i understand some opponents just tried to crash there. really? >> hey there, alex. good morning. a small group of people surrounding mitt romney's bus. he has decided to wr...